Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,490
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$12,820
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,308
Wisconsin costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Wisconsin — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$64,310
Kept after tax
$51,490
Worth in national money
$55,308
State rank
12
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for maintenance workers, machinery. The middle earner takes $64,310, which ranks 12 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 5.69% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Wisconsin, this sits in the middle: 199 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $64,310 you keep $51,490 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $55,308 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $64,160.
- Wisconsin ranks 12 of 46 states publishing a median for maintenance workers, machinery, at $64,310 — about 5.69% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Maintenance workers, machinery ranks 199 of 491 occupations in Wisconsin by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $51,490 after the full tax stack, from $64,310. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,308 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $64,160 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Maintenance Workers, Machinery
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,740 |
| This salary | $64,310 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Wisconsin | $51,490 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,853 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$111 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $61,369 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$134 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,310 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,150 and the ninetieth is $79,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $51,490, worked from $64,310. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 199 of 491.
- Two cautions on $55,308, the adjusted value of that $64,310 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wisconsin. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 199 of 491 locally.
- The Wisconsin median of $64,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,150 to $79,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $51,490, on $64,310 for work ranking 199 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 199 of 491 in the state.
- This $55,308 adjusted figure, worked from $64,310, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 199 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 199 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,150 at the tenth percentile, $79,740 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $55,308.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Wisconsin's own levy, $51,490 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,150 to $79,740) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Wisconsin rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Wisconsin's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $55,308 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $51,490 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Wisconsin income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.